The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2151
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
12:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2822
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.44° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.94° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.