The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
5:24 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 140.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 26.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.31° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.39° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.