The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 PM
5:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1499
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.13° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.55° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.