The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1992
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
6:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 866
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 162.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.03° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.34° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.