The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 9, 1953
Waning Crescent
40.1% 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
2:46 AM
11:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.47° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.93° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.