The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1989
Waning Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
2:17 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 321.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.17° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.48° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.