The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 7, 1963
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
6:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.70° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.