The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
5:09 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 460
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.43° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.95° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.