The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1993
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
2:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 39m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.67° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.97° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.