The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
6:04 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 348.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.98° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.61° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.