The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2055
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.40° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.25° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.