The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
5:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1870
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 25.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.35° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.47° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.