The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1990
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.93° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.63° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.