The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 23, 1963
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.61° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.95° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.