The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 9, 1990
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
9:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 836
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.74° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.24° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.