The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1989
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
10:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 817
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.60° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.49° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.