The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1989
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:35 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.29° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.63° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.