The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1945
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
12:06 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 251.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 10.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.06° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.90° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.