The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1973
Waxing Crescent
36.7% 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
9:54 AM
12:21 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 621
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 24.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.43° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.20° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.