The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 2003
Waxing Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
1:03 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 992
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.11° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.13° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.