The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 10, 1983
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:48 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 211.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.94° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.43° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.