The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
4:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.11° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.