The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
3:05 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.12° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.25° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| 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.