The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2170
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
7:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3057
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / -5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.80° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.54° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 339.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.