The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 25, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
1:58 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 5.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.63° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.66° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.