The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2153
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
12:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2847
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 230.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.31° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.94° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.