The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
3:11 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 116.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 49.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.17° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.98° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.