The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1989
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
1:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 223.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.43° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.40° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.