The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Waxing Crescent
0.8% 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
7:40 AM
8:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1079
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 131.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.94° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.