The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 14, 1963
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
9:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.44° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.47° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.