The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% 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
6:53 PM
3:42 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.69° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.29° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.