The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 12, 1963
Last Quarter
45.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
2:41 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 265.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.54° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.67° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.