The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2195
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
1:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3367
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.59° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.64° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.