The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
5:20 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 151.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.54° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.06° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.