The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:39 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 21.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.38° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.08° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.