The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
7:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1066
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 333.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.44° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.65° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.