The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1949
Waxing Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
10:30 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 334
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -12.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.02° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.14° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.