The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1953
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
7:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.61° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.93° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.5° |
| 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.