The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1963
Waning Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
12:39 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.76° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.03° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.