The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 19, 1924
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
1:00 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.95° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.04° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.