The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 1948
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
6:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 311
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 166.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.08° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.09° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 360.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.