The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 13, 1983
Waning Crescent
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
5:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 742
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.50° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.99° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.