The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 21, 1963
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
9:57 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.63° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.19° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.