The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1943
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 250
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 40m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.00° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.74° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.