The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 1983
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
2:38 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 744
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 | 315.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.68° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.18° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.