The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:11 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.29° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.90° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.