The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1924
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
11:49 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 25
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 97.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.52° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.99° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.79° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.