The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2138
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
8:24 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2662
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 138.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.44° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.08° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.