The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1981
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 72.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.16° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.65° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.