The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 1963
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
10:07 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 293.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.04° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.01° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.