The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 1984
First Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
1:31 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 757
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.58° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.