The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 13, 1990
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.60° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.65° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.