The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 1989
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:38 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 819
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 | 41.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.60° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.51° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| 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.