The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1915
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
2:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.74° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.70° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.