The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1963
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
6:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.42° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.42° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| 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.