The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 7, 1963
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.65° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.19° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.