The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1956
Waning Crescent
3.8% 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
5:32 AM
5:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 410
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 | 338.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.34° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.23° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.