The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 1983
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
10:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -5.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.41° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.91° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.