The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 9, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
6:51 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 352.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.50° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.29° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.