The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 3, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.0° / 352.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.45° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.09° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| 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.