The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1963
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
1:30 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.33° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.46° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.