The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1993
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
10:24 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.05° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.81° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.