The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1993
First Quarter
48.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.86° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.31° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.32° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.