The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 7, 1963
Waning Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:41 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 20.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.80° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.