The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1980
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 290.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.25° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.46° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.