The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:47 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.94° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.74° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.