The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1993
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
7:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.41° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.08° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.