The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1963
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:14 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.68° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.16° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| 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.