The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 15, 1963
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:37 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.32° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.63° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.