The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 2018
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
2:10 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -20.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.83° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.38° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.