The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 3, 1990
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.70° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.