The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 1963
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
9:17 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.41° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.99° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.