The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1953
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
12:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 26.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.33° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.21° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.82° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.