The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
3:15 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.91° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.14° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.