The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2072
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 259.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.18° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.03° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.