The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 22, 1924
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
2:40 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.24° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.56° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.