The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1983
Waning Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
2:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.27° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.15° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.