The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1989
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
11:27 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.86° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.94° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.