The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 1, 1989
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
7:42 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 140.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.59° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.32° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.