The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1963
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
8:51 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -10.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.47° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.66° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.