The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1963
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
6:54 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.9° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.24° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.59° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.