The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 1953
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
12:51 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.24° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.12° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.