The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1963
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.27° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.58° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.