The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1904
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -223
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 | 205.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.63° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.48° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.