The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1993
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
11:22 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.89° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.