The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1976
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:35 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 668
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 | 47.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.81° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.31° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.99° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.