The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1993
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:18 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.69° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.40° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.