The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:49 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.09° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.89° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.