The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Waxing Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 | 52.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.40° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.01° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.