The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1963
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
7:30 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 159.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.13° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.09° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.