The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2005
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
12:47 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 | 279.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.87° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.19° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.