The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 2048
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
4:49 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 324.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 191.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.79° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.64° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.