The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1963
Waxing Crescent
30.4% 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
1:19 PM
10:53 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 505
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.32° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.67° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.