The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 1963
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
8:01 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:24 AM, is deepest at 6:06 AM and ends at 7:49 AM. Totality lasts from 5:27 AM to 6:46 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.68° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.