The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Waning Gibbous
99.5% 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
8:36 PM
7:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1066
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 | 187.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.41° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.49° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.