The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2010
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 314.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.54° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.53° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.