The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 8, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
6:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.20° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.44° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.