The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1983
Waxing Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
8:51 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.20° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.96° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.