The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1961
Waning Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
1:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 472
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 | 290.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 235.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.65° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.67° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.