The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2043
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
6:56 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1486
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 158.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.35° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.02° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.