The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
2:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.21° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.48° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.