The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1993
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
10:34 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.65° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.73° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.