The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1963
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.06° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.25° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.