The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1963
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
7:43 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / -7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.82° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.66° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.