The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1944
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
8:53 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 262
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 304.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.06° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.87° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.