The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1993
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
7:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.92° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.