The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
1:49 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.14° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.97° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.