The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.50° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.68° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.