The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1994
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
11:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 295.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.76° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.43° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.