The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 2, 1989
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
12:59 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.92° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.23° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.