The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1993
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 PM
9:29 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.87° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.53° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| 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.