The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 1990
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
7:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.45° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.04° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.