The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1913
Waning Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
2:24 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -112
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 | 322.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 212.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.05° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.45° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.