The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1972
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
2:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 310.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.28° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.11° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.