The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 1972
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:13 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 297.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.09° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.91° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.