The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:55 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1227
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 | 103.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.73° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.17° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.