The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1993
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
10:12 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.89° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.67° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.