The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
2:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.26° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.