The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2196
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
8:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3379
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 | 222.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.43° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.92° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.