The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
12:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.88° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.12° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.