The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:47 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 57.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.00° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.34° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.