The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2185
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
8:37 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3243
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 | 196.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -2.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.43° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.54° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.