The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
4:45 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 559
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 | 127.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 25.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.13° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.55° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.