The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 8, 1963
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
6:17 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 498
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.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -1.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.52° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 343.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.