The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2001
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
7:44 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 967
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.82° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.44° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.