The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3045
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 9.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.10° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.68° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.