The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
8:43 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1202
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.80° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.72° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.