The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 21, 1924
Waning Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
2:04 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 240.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.00° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.38° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.