The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1984
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
7:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 27.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 143.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.66° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.64° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.