The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2105
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2253
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 | 288.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 224.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.33° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.