The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
5:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 336.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.42° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.54° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.