The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1989
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:53 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.39° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.80° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.