The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2059
Waning Crescent
8.4% 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
6:46 AM
4:44 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1684
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.85° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.90° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.