The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2169
Waning Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3045
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.95° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.71° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.