The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2068
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:25 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1796
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.77° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.