The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
1:57 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.60° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.72° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.