The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 11, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% 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
3:23 PM
4:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3379
Events on this date
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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 | 139.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.77° / -1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.46° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.