The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1908
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
6:30 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.58° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.73° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.