The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1924
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
3:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 211.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.94° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.74° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.