The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 19, 1990
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
11:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.27° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.53° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.