The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:32 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.84° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.45° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.