The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 2002
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
3:20 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.10° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.