The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 24, 1989
Waning Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
5:03 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.79° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.13° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.