The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
2:32 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.37° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.95° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.