The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.99° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.44° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.