The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 7, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
5:25 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 22.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.03° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.31° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.