The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1914
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
12:29 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -99
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.68° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.