The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1942
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 237
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.33° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.16° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.