The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 20, 1963
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
9:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.13° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.46° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.