The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 29, 1963
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.11° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.55° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.