The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1993
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 85.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.37° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.20° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.