The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 1945
Waning Crescent
8.9% 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
6:29 AM
4:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 187.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.10° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.47° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.