The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:15 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 150.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 25.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 20.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.70° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.26° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.