The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2157
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
6:50 AM
7:27 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2897
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 1.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.48° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.77° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.