The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 13, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
12:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -3.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.12° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.