The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1934
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
10:19 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 148
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 | 222.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.51° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.49° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.