The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1983
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
8:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 743
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 334.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.21° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.53° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.