The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 1990
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
10:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.70° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.39° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.