The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 1989
Waxing Crescent
20.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
11:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.1%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 823
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.68° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.48° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.