The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 1990
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
8:54 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 28m / -19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.11° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.41° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.