The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2181
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 AM
10:18 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3194
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 | 27.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.59° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.06° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.