The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1993
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
5:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -21.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.84° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.54° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.