The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1918
Waning Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -50
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 | 263.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.91° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.57° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.73° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.