The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
12:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.44° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.80° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.