The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:56 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.94° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.14° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.