The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2177
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
8:44 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3144
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 | 217.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.60° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.13° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.