The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1953
Waning Crescent
11.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
3:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.1%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.01° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.51° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.