The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1983
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
12:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.35° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.75° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.