The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
4:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.03° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.46° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.