The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1963
New Moon
0.2% 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
6:48 AM
7:58 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 143.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.72° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.32° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 179.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.