The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1963
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
7:56 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 500
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.48° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.59° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.