The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2018
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
12:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 239.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.52° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.70° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.