The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
12:55 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.47° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.94° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.