The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1939
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
10:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 200
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.66° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.76° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.