The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1963
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 111.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.20° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.55° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.