The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 3, 1989
Waxing Crescent
10.7% 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
10:19 AM
9:13 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.96° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.89° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.