The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
4:49 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1091
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.92° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.41° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.