The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1990
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
12:50 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.14° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.88° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.