The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
4:00 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.17° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.96° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.