The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 5, 1989
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
2:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 198.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.55° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.77° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.