The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 5, 1963
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
6:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.90° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.