The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2162
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
2:49 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2958
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.57° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.40° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.