The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
12:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.04° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.74° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.