The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
9:11 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.21° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.20° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.