The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 29, 1989
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
6:57 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 825
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.85° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.23° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.