The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1926
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
11:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.98° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.10° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.