The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1953
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
7:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 332.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.76° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.63° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.