The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 4, 1963
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
9:00 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 311.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.37° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.61° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.