The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 2056
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
1:12 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1647
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 | 295.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.48° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.30° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.