The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 1996
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 244.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.57° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.01° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.