The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 17, 2180
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3181
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 | 258.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.19° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.12° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.