The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2078
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
2:34 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1919
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 210.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.60° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.01° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.