The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 14, 1990
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
9:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.52° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.79° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.