The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1959
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
8:55 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.75° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.60° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.