The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 20, 1990
Waning Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
12:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.16° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.70° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.