The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1900
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
8:21 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.93° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.05° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.