The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 31, 1993
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
9:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 312.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.26° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.31° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.