The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 17, 1983
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:52 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.99° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.26° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.