The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1983
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:39 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 216.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.43° / 1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.33° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.