The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 11, 2173
Waning Crescent
6.7% 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
5:51 AM
4:02 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3094
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.72° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.88° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.