The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
5:13 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 324
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 | 136.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 29.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.49° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.18° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.