The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 7, 1989
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
11:09 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 824
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.55° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.61° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.