The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1989
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
8:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.92° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.