The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 8, 1953
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
10:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.10° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.19° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.74° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.