The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
1:59 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -198
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 | 113.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 64.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.82° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.06° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.