The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 17, 1963
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:35 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.91° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.01° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.