The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
5:00 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 27.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.72° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.65° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.55° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.