The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2040
Waning Crescent
7.5% 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
5:49 AM
3:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1449
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.34° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.61° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.