The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.84° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.