The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 10, 2042
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
9:30 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1474
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.62° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.33° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.