The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 8, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% 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
1:20 PM
3:15 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.02° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.60° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.