The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Waning Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1140
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 | 233.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.63° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.15° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.