The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 30, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
3:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.0° / 49.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.07° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.83° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.