The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1993
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
11:59 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.31° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 7.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.11° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.