The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 1955
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
12:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 399
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.49° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.