The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1966
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.18° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.96° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.