The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1963
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
11:17 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.73° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.74° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.