The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1953
Waxing Crescent
43.7% 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
10:22 AM
1:23 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.38° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.63° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.