The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
4:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 749
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 329.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.90° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.12° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.