The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1941
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 81.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 92.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.05° / -0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.