The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
6:32 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -3.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 212.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.