The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 22, 1990
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
1:34 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 217.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.28° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.