The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 12, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
6:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.61° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.99° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.