The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1912
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
10:42 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -134
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.43° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.58° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.