The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1983
Last Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 742
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 Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 1.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.17° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.59° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.