The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 1989
Waxing Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
11:21 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -26.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.63° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.01° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.