The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1963
Waning Gibbous
99.4% 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
9:52 PM
6:44 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.74° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.85° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.