The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 7, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
6:14 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 499
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 May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.82° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.41° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.0° |
| 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.