The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 1977
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 246.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.61° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.21° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.