The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
9:16 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1202
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 | 207.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.05° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.87° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.