The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1989
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
7:18 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.74° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.55° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.