The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:36 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.08° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.98° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.