The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2164
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
2:04 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2983
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 | 289.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 225.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.04° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.39° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.