The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1963
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
11:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 13.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.80° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.50° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.