The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 1953
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:18 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.69° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.08° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.