The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
5:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -146
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.82° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.80° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.