The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1929
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
7:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 77
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.00° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.69° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.