The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 1997
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
8:46 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.30° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.17° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.