The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% 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
2:28 PM
4:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.40° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.46° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.