The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1989
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
9:00 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.09° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.29° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.