The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 24, 1946
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
6:05 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 12.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.86° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.29° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.