The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 29, 1963
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
6:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 22.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.82° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.13° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.