The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 31, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
3:16 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.48° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.05° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.