The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
3:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 44.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.90° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.60° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.