The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1963
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.27° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.80° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.