The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1963
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
10:54 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.53° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.76° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.