The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 1943
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 250
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 | 54.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.23° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.94° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.