The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
5:26 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 27.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.70° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.03° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.