The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1989
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 31m / 27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.81° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.72° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.