The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2004
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.95° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.56° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.