The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1926
Waning Crescent
8.7% 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
5:25 AM
3:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 203.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.21° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.17° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.