The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 1956
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
6:01 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 349.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 42m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.94° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.44° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.