The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
4:26 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.89° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.98° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.