The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 1986
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
6:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 782
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.89° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.33° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 323.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.