The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 1989
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
2:50 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.28° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.53° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.