The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
11:37 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 584
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 | 52.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.23° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.10° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.