The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3404
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 09m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.15° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.60° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.