The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1963
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
2:29 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -2.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.52° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.69° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.