The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1947
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
9:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 299
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 | 236.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.42° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.16° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.