The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
4:43 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -245
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.32° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.35° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| 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.