The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
2:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 62.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.51° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.26° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.