The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1990
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
5:22 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 837
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.80° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.78° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.