The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
1:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.75° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.39° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.