The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
5:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.12° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.75° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.