The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 7, 1989
First Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.04° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.07° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.