The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1927
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
5:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 62
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 | 6.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.07° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.09° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.