The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1993
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
7:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.45° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.64° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.