The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 7, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
2:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1635
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 | 103.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.40° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.76° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.