The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 1926
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 39
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -20.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.42° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.97° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.