The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 2171
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3070
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.26° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.86° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.