The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 1928
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -15.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.99° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.54° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.