The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 21, 1963
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
10:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.99° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.28° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.