The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2055
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
10:00 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -10.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.18° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.09° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.