The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1950
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
8:24 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 346
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.36° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.