The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 2000
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
11:32 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 955
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.74° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.03° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.