The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.59° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.93° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.