The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1994
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
8:04 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 323.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.