The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
1:33 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.08° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.43° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.