The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1993
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
9:57 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.54° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.71° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.