The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
5:42 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.74° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.59° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.