The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 26, 1924
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
6:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.55° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.69° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.