The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 15, 1963
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:02 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.85° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.62° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.