The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2151
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
7:07 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2822
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 | 352.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.14° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.63° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 30.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.