The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1983
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
11:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / -0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.95° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.74° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.