The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 1988
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
10:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 806
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.54° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.82° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.