The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1981
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
11:44 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 720
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 | 58.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.74° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.84° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.