The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
3:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 132.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.70° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.85° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.