The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 4, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
4:45 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.55° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.37° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.