The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2156
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
8:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2884
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.72° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.48° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.