The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 2090
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
6:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2066
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.62° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.98° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.