The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 2013
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
6:40 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.58° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.96° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.