The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2011
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1091
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 | 63.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.62° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.