The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 25, 1924
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.26° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.12° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.