The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1983
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.34° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.65° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.