The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1977
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 670
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.85° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.37° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.