The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
5:04 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1029
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 23.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.63° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.12° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.