The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 11, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
3:17 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.82° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.71° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.