The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 28, 1924
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
8:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.55° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.32° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| 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.