The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
3:06 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -183
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.60° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.61° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.