The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1981
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
4:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 341.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.19° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.16° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.