The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1990
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
9:17 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.24° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.62° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.