The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 12, 1983
First Quarter
51.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.85° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.27° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.