The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 16, 1953
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
8:36 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.46° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.64° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.