The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1922
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
11:36 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 99.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.48° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.31° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.