The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 24, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:06 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 371
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 | 101.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.18° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.10° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.