The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 1950
Last Quarter
54.6% 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
1:23 AM
10:23 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 336
Events on this date
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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 | 264.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -27.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.36° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.02° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.