The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2085
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2006
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 359.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.76° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.