The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 11, 1983
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 199.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.86° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.09° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.62° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.