The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 1990
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
10:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -25.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.01° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.97° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.