The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1963
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
12:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.82° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.83° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.