The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 6, 1993
Waning Gibbous
74.5% 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
10:28 PM
12:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 874
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.79° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.19° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.