The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 6, 1989
Waning Crescent
1.7% 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
7:12 AM
4:00 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 185.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.16° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.96° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.