The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1989
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
11:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.34° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.98° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.