The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 19, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% 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
3:16 PM
6:25 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.84° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.90° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.