The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1963
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
3:21 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.30° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.05° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.