The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1993
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
8:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.66° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.89° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.