The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 21, 1963
Waning Crescent
19.0% 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
4:17 AM
2:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 497
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.84° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.74° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.