The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1994
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.10° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.90° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.