The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1993
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 1.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.24° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.27° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.