The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 11, 1963
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
7:47 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.72° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.00° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| 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.