The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1953
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 383
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 | 231.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 11.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.62° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.28° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.