The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 22, 1983
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
10:23 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.2° / 316.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.65° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.09° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.