The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 11, 1963
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
2:55 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.45° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.87° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.