The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1953
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.33° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.43° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.