The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 22, 2055
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
2:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1635
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.91° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.15° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.