The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 24, 1963
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:16 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.17° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.49° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.