The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
5:37 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 695
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 | 156.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 15.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.69° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.15° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.