The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1990
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 841
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.38° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.63° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.