The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1953
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
8:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.94° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.24° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.