The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1978
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
1:36 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 692
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 244.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.35° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.03° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.