The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1983
Full Moon
99.9% 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
5:34 PM
7:42 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 350.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.98° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.