The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
5:47 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.46° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.14° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.