The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1985
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.99° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.76° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.