The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% 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
5:34 PM
2:21 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.60° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.24° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.