The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 28, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 875
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 4.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.23° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.