The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 31, 1963
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
9:01 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.31° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.12° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.