The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2055
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
11:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.14° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.41° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.