The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1981
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
3:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 729
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 205.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.37° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.98° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.