The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
3:33 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 188
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.46° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.60° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| 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.