The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1983
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.89° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.25° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.