The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2016
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
9:56 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 7.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.31° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.17° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.