The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 18, 1963
Waxing Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
7:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.13° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.82° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.