The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1973
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
5:23 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 631
Events on this date
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. From Columbus, 15% of the Sun is covered at 8:52 AM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 179.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.60° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.85° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -3.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.