The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1983
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
11:44 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.82° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.36° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.