The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1963
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
7:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 495
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:06 PM, is deepest at 6:19 PM and ends at 8:32 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.54° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.06° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.