The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1989
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
11:55 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.21° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.31° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.