The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 24, 1989
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
9:15 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.24° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.76° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| 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.