The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 16, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
3:07 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.80° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.31° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.