The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1963
Waning Gibbous
72.3% 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
10:18 PM
12:01 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.47° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.88° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.