The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1989
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
5:55 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.69° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.56° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.