The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
75.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
3:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 658
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 | 120.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.46° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.98° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.