The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1974
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 633
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.98° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.86° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.