The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 12, 1990
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
8:57 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.32° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.52° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| 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.