The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2197
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
11:54 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3391
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -23.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.96° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.