The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 23, 1963
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
10:50 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.17° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.72° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.