The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
5:38 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2971
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 | 142.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.53° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.22° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.