The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2056
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
2:10 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1647
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.46° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.49° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.