The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 2013
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:23 AM
7:46 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.24° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.16° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.