The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1994
First Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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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 Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.06° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.71° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.