The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2003
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
2:04 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.27° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.95° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.