The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 10, 1990
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
7:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.72° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.73° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.