The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
6:33 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.01° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.20° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.