The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 6, 1989
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
10:39 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.57° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.22° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.