The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1923
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
8:36 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 12
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 | 195.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 333.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.66° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.14° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.