The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 1, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
3:23 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.66° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.54° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.