The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1912
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
8:41 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -124
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 | 187.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.71° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.91° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.