The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1994
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:27 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.89° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.58° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.