The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 9, 1990
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
12:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.41° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.76° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| 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.