The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 6, 1963
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
7:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.56° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.47° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.