The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1954
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
1:42 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 386
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.14° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.81° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.