The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1993
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
7:32 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.41° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.9° |
| 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.