The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
4:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.35° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.17° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.