The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 31, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.01° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.86° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.