The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 28, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
12:52 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.84° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.18° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.