The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1915
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:02 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 315.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.29° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.72° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.