The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 2001
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
8:15 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.37° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.58° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.