The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
12:48 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 3.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.37° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.87° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.