The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 26, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
3:10 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 49.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.14° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.52° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.