The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1989
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
2:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -26.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.30° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.58° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.