The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 10, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
1:11 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -26.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.39° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.41° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.