The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
3:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.92° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.93° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.