The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1963
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
6:58 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.37° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.86° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.