The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2055
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 225.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.71° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.95° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.