The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2016
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
8:44 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.35° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.38° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.