The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1990
Waning Crescent
10.1% 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
5:35 AM
2:27 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 206.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.64° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.24° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.