The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 169.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.37° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.59° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.