The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1994
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 256.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.12° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.77° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.