The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1942
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
2:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 292.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 222.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.42° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.35° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.