The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -47
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars 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 | 122.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.19° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.