The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1963
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 AM
1:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.36° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.38° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.54° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.