The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1991
Waning Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
12:57 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 843
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.21° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.54° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.