The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1963
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
10:48 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.37° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.98° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.