The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1983
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
1:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.23° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.81° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.