The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1983
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
10:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.08° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.60° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.