The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
4:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.27° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.91° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.