The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 13, 1963
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
3:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.13° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.24° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.