The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 10, 2197
Last Quarter
51.8% 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
1:31 AM
10:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3391
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.80° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.75° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.