The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 59m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.09° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.44° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.