The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:47 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.53° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.3° |
| 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.