The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2072
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
11:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1845
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.78° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.20° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.