The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2175
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
1:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3119
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 | 293.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 216.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -25.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.07° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.16° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.64° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.