The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1979
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
11:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 705
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 | 70.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 102.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.53° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.08° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.