The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1963
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:32 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.18° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.38° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.