The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 29, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
1:56 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.28° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.00° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.