The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:35 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.52° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.96° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.