The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
8:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.18° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.62° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| 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.