The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
5:44 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1165
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 | 156.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.17° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.74° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.