The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1989
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
8:52 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.07° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.13° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.