The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 1989
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
4:28 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.96° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.92° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.