The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 3, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
3:38 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.61° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.61° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.