The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 1, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
3:07 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.45° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.67° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.