The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 19, 1963
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
8:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.18° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.32° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.