The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1938
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
8:12 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 198
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.61° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.