The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 6, 1990
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
8:49 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.22° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.