The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
7:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 448
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.81° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.