The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 19, 1963
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
8:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 131.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.52° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.64° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.