The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 1980
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.89° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.27° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.