The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 1990
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
7:34 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.95° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.09° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.