The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 7, 1983
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
1:13 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.15° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.91° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.