The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1990
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
1:47 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 26.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.74° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.