The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 1983
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
1:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.64° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.08° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.