The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
5:03 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 695
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 27.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.86° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.30° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.