The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 1, 1963
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
8:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 12m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.89° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.