The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 15, 1990
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
10:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.10° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.92° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.