The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2039
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
7:12 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1437
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.20° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.