The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2012
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
7:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1103
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.5° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.36° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.81° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.