The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1983
Waxing Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
6:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.12° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.63° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.