The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1994
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
10:57 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.96° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.25° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.