The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.58° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.30° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.