The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 2008
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
11:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1054
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.86° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.21° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.