The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 7, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.89° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.01° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.