The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% 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
5:43 PM
2:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.72° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.23° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.