The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
5:29 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.66° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.53° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.