The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 1963
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
11:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -6.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.08° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.19° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.