The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 14, 1953
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
6:01 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 180.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.10° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.93° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.