The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2055
Waxing Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.84° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.29° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.