The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 5, 1989
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
10:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.65° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.44° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.