The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1999
Waning Crescent
37.2% 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
2:30 AM
12:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 284.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.65° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.08° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| 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.