The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
10:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 258.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.06° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.31° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.