The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1128
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.99° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.07° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.