The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1969
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:05 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 571
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.05° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.01° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.