The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1950
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
11:17 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 277.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.22° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.20° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.