The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1963
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:20 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.68° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.19° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.