The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1910
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.35° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.