The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1905
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
4:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 194.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.33° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.12° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.