The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2158
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
8:25 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2909
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 | 209.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.20° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.33° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.