The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.58° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.92° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.