The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1907
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
11:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -186
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 | 233.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.50° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.32° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.