The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 3, 1993
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
10:51 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.14° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.81° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| 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.