The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1993
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:55 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.33° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.36° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.