The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 8, 1963
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
1:38 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.19° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.35° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.