The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 4, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
4:21 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.24° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.42° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.