The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 10, 2019
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
11:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1190
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.60° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.94° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.