The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1983
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 AM
9:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.11° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.08° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.