The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1990
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.39° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.07° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.