The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1911
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
8:50 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -136
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 | 44.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.83° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.76° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.