The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1953
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.43° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.31° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.