The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 2012
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
9:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1103
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 | 225.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.50° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.46° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.