The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% 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
8:32 PM
5:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.52° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.