The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 2024
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
9:29 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 18.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.3° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.89° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.35° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| 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.