The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 14, 1963
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 189.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.97° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.43° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.