The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 8, 1963
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:44 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.75° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.04° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.