The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
7:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.64° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.78° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.