The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1990
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
7:58 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 137.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.55° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.86° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.