The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
2:14 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.89° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.23° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| 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.