The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 15, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:53 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.07° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.46° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.