The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1983
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
11:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.28° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.22° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| 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.