The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1993
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
10:57 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.08° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.54° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.