The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 9, 1963
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.46° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.52° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.