The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1993
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
4:40 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 877
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -21.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.61° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.35° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.