The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1975
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
6:40 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 165.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.02° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.55° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.