The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1993
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
8:51 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 326.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.57° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.18° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.