The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
3:02 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.32° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.26° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.