The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 17, 2188
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
10:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3280
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.22° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.