The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
1:52 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 68.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.52° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.32° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.