The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2166
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
8:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3008
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.39° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.76° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.