The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1930
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
9:39 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 99
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 | 52.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.76° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.94° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.