The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 2040
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
7:26 AM
6:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -15.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.13° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.30° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.8° |
| 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.