The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2061
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1709
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.85° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.77° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.