The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1929
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
1:21 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.91° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.16° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.