The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% 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
3:42 PM
6:42 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 11.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.48° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.85° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.