The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 1955
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
7:24 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.51° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.43° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.