The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 1978
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
8:30 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 683
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 | 20.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.10° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.98° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.