The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1995
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
8:41 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 903
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -13.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.47° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.38° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.