The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 24, 1951
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 AM
1:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 307.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.00° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.87° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.