The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1953
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.81° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.02° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.