The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1983
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
8:28 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 343.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 25.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.55° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.83° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.