The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2021
Waning Crescent
3.2% 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
6:21 AM
4:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1214
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 | 339.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 187.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.21° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.01° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.