The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1983
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
7:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.00° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.45° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| 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.