The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 1, 1989
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
7:02 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.6° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -26.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.85° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.