The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 15, 1963
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
10:13 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 498
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.52° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.81° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.47° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.