The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 4, 1989
Waxing Crescent
17.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
9:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.80° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.67° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.