The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1990
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
4:35 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 829
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -23.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.13° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.62° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.