The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2149
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
9:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.96° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.61° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.