The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 22, 1963
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
11:42 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 99.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.13° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.12° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.