The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
3:29 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.29° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.57° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.