The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2124
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
2:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2488
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.14° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.96° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.