The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1994
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.33° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.81° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.