The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1989
Waning Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
1:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.35° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.34° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.