The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1989
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 245.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -14.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.70° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.06° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| 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.