The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:50 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 303.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 223.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.76° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.34° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.