The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
2:48 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 287
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 | 105.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 55.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.05° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.19° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.