The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2053
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1610
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 | 261.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.20° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.89° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.