The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2187
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
7:01 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3268
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.85° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.89° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.