The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1963
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
10:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.57° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.85° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.