The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:02 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 136
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 | 100.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.82° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.89° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.