The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2112
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% 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
3:53 PM
5:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2340
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.49° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.06° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.