The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 28, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
5:38 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.85° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.25° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.