The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1993
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
11:26 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.61° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.96° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.