The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2167
Waning Crescent
16.3% 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
5:29 AM
3:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.42° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.31° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.