The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 26, 1989
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
9:55 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -2.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.99° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.04° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.