The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 1963
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
1:43 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.48° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.57° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.